IEEE C802.16n-11/0167r2
Project
IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Access Working Group <http://ieee802.org/16>
Title
HR-MS Direct Communication Link Setup
Date
Submitted
2011-09-12
Source(s)
Haiguang Wang, Hoang Anh Tuan, Jaya
Shankar, Shoukang Zheng, Yeow Wai
Leong, Joseph Teo Chee Ming
Voice: +65 6408-2256
E-mail: hwang@i2r.a-star.edu.sg
Institute for Infocomm Research
1 Fusionopolis Way, #21-01, Connexis
(South Tower)
Singapore 138632
Re:
Call for contributions for 802.16n AWD
Abstract
In this proposal, we proposed a procedure for HR-networks in setting up HR-MS direct
communication in HR-BS or HR-RS appears in the network.
Purpose
To discuss and adopt the proposed text in the 802.16n draft Text
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HR-MS Direct Communication Link Setup
Haiguang Wang, Hoang Anh Tuan, Jaya Shankar,
Shoukang Zheng, Yeow Wai Leong, Joseph Teo Chee Ming
Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)
1 Fusionopolis Way, #21-01, Connexis South Tower
Singapore 138632
1. Introduction
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2. Summary
3. Text Proposal for IEEE 802.16n AWD
Note:
The text in BLACK color: the existing text in AWD
The text in RED color: the removal of existing AWD text
The text in BLUE color: the new text added to the Multi-Carrier DG Text
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[Adopt the following text in the 802.16n Document (XXX --- document number)]
{Remedy 1: Modify 17.2.2.4 and 17.3.2.4 as indicated}
17.2.2.4 HR-MS Direct Communication with Infrastructure Stations
HR-BS/HR-RS shall check DSA_REQ messages received from HR-MS and determine whether HR-MS direct
communication can be adopted for a flow. The HR-BS/HR-RS may help the source and destination HR-MSs
setting up a direct communication link through DSA signaling.
HR-BS knows the possibility of setting up a direct communication between two HR-MSs by checking the HRMS neighbor tables. If the two nodes are neighbor, HR-MS may schedule the two HR-MSs to do channel
measurement and determine whether a direct communication link should be setup.
Before a service flow can be conveyed over the link between source and destination HR-MSs To support
direct communication between a pair of HR-MSs, a direct communication link shall be setup between the HRMSs first if it has not been setup yet., The a CID. When the link is first setup, two basic CIDs are assigned to
each DC-link to facilitate the two way communication for control message. Of the two assigned, each HR-MS is
assigned one of the CIDs for transmitting the control message such as ARQ.
The CID is referred in the link management messages such as link deletion and status report.
A direct communication link is a link between a pair of HR-MS. It is identified by a CID. A security
association may be setup between the two HR-MS linked by the direct communication. HR-BS manages the
link by referring to the CID assigned to this link. The procedure to setup security association over a direct
communication link is defined in section 17.2.10.1.1. The security association is shared by different flows over
the direct communication link.
After a direct communication link is setup, data flows can be setup over the DC-link with the DSA transactions
as specified in section 17.2.2.5. When a flow is assigned over a DC-link, the sender and receiver shall monitor
on the CIDs within the MAP and transmit/receive over the allocated resources.
There are a few steps to setup a direct communication link between two HR-MS. The first step is that the
two HR-MS need to do a channel measurement. After the channel measurement, the two HR-MSs shall
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report the measurement results to the HR-BS and HR-BS shall make a decision whether it will setup a
direct communication link between the two HR-MSs. If HR-BS decides to setup a direct communication
link, it shall assign a CID to the target link. After that, it may help the two sides setup a security
association between the two HR-MSs. Once a security association is setup, then the communication link is
considered being established between the two HR-MSs and service flows can be carried on the link.
Figure 1 shows the procedure to setup a direct communication link between HR-MSs.
HR-BS may take a few steps to setup a direct communication link between two HR-MS.
Firstly, the HR-BS shall schedule the two HR-MSs do a channel measurement with the method specified in
section 17.2.2.3. The HR-MSs reports the channel measurement results to the HR-BS after the measurement.
If HR-BS decides to setup a direct communication link, it shall assign CIDs to the direct communication link
and send CIDs to the two HR-MSs using DC-LINK-CREATION-REQ messages. The HR-MSs shall sends back
DC-LINK-CREATION-ACK for confirmation.
After receiving DC-LINK-CREATION-ACK from both HR-MSs, the HR-BS may help the two HR-MSs
establish a security association over the direct communication link if security is required. The setup of security
association over direct communication link is specified in section 17.2.10.
Once a security association is setup, then the communication link is considered being established between the
two HR-MSs. The HR-MSs shall find the existing flows between the two HR-MSs and move the existing flows
by setting up new flows over the direct communication link with DSA method specified in section 17.2.2.5.
Figure 801shows the procedure to setup a direct communication link between HR-MSs.
When HR-MS want to delete the direct communication link, it shall send DC-LINK-DELETE-REQ to the two
HR-MSs involved.
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Start
Start the process of setting up
direct communication link
Schedule channel measurement between source and
destination HR-MS (using ranging code) and process the
channel measurement report from HR-MSs after receiving
the measurement report
No
Should Direct
Communication link be
setup?
Yes
Create direct communication link
Setup Security Association
Move the existing flow to DC link
with DSC transaction
Finish
Figure 1— The overall procedure to setup direct communication
17.2.2.4.1 Direct Communication Management
17.2.2.4.1.1 Direct Communication Link Creation
When HR-BS creates direct communication link between two HR-MSs. It shall allocate a CID for the direct
communication link and send link creation message to both source and destination HR-MSs. Direct
communication link creation can only be initiated by the HR-BS.
Table 1— Direct Communication Link Creation Request
Syntax
DC-LINK-CREATE-REQ () {
Management Message Type =
[TBD]
CID of source HR-MS
CID of destination HR-MS
CID assigned for transmitting DC link
CID assigned for receiving
}
Size
(bit)
Notes
8
—
16
16
16
16
CID assigned for transmitting
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The CID is used by the HR-MS for transmitting. The peer HR-MS of the DC-link shall receive on the
resource specified by this CID.
CID assigned for receiving
The HR-MS shall receive on the resource specified by this CID since it is assigned to the peer HR-MS on
the DC-Link for transmission.
The HR-MSs shall send back a response once they receive the direct communication link creation request.
Table 2— Direct Communication Link Creation Response
Syntax
DC-LINK-CREATE-ACK RSP() {
Management Message Type = [TBD]
CID of DC link
Confirmation Code
Reserved
Size
(bit)
Notes
8
16
41
—
CID assigned for transmission
0x00: accept
0x01: reject
0x02 – 0x0f: reserved
—
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}
Once the HR-BS receives responses from both HR-MSs, it can continue on other steps of direct communication
setup.
17.2.2.4.1.2 Direct Communication Link Deletion
When HR-BS wants remove a direct communication link, it shall send deletion request to both HR-MS and wait
for responses from the HR-MSs.
Table 3-- Direct Communication Deletion Request
Syntax
DC-LINK-DEL () {
Management Message Type = [TBD]
CID of DC link
}
Size
(bit)
Notes
8
16
—
CID assigned for transmitting
The HR-MS shall reply with reasons to HR-BS when it receives the link deletion request from HR-BS.
Table 4—Direct Communication Deletion Response
Syntax
Size
(bit)
Notes
DC-LINK-DEL-ACK () {
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Management Message Type = [TBD]
CID of DC link
Confirmation Code
8
16
41
Reserved
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—
CID assigned for transmitting
0x00: accept
0x01: reject
0x02 – 0x0f: reserved
—
}
17.2.2.4.1.3 Direct Communication Link Report
HR-BS may require the HR-MS report the status of the direct communication link by sending a request to the
relative HR-MS.
Table 5—Direct Communication Link Report Request
Syntax
Size
(bit)
DC-LINK-REPORT-REQ () {
Management Message Type = [TBD]
CID of DC link
Report Request TLVs
}
Notes
8
—
16
CID assigned for transmitting
variable Specified in section 11.11
Report Request TLVs
The HR-MS only provides measurement for CINR and RSSI.
HR-MS shall send back report regarding the direct communication link when it receives a link report request
from HR-BS.
Table 6—Direct Communication Link Report
Syntax
DC-LINK-REPORT-REQRSP () {
Management Message Type = [TBD]
CID of DC link
Link state
reserved
Report Response TLVs
Size
(bit)
Notes
8
16
31
—
CID assigned for transmitting
0x00: active
0x01: no link found
0x02 – 0x07: reserved
—
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variable Specified in section 11.11
}
Upon sending a Channel Measurement REP-RSP message, an SS shall reset all its measurement counters for
each channel on which it reported.
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17.3.2.4 HR-MS Direct Communication with Infrastructure Stations
HR-BS/HR-RS shall check DSA_REQ messages received from HR-MS and determine whether HR-MS direct
communication can be adopted for a flow. The HR-BS/HR-RS may help the source and destination HR-MSs
setting up a direct communication link through DSA signaling.
HR-BS knows the possibility of setting up a direct communication between two HR-MSs by checking the HRMS neighbor tables. If the two nodes are neighbor, HR-MS may schedule the two HR-MSs to do channel
measurement and determine whether a direct communication link should be setup.
Before a service flow can be conveyed over the link between source and destination HR-MSs To support
direct communication between a pair of HR-MSs, a direct communication link shall be setup between the HRMSs first if it has not been setup yet., The a CID. When the link is first setup, two STIDs are assigned to each
DC-link to facilitate the two way communication. Each HR-MS is assigned one STID for identifying it as the
transmitter over the DC-link The Assignment A-MAP IE for direct communication link is CRC masked as
specified in Table 849.
The STID is referred in the link management messages such as link deletion and status report.
A direct communication link is a link between a pair of HR-MS. It is identified by a STID. A security
association may be setup between the two HR-MS linked by the direct communication. HR-BS manages the
link by referring to the STID assigned to this link. The procedure for setup security association over a direct
communication link is defined in section 17.3.10.1.1. The security association is shared by different flows over
the direct communication link.
After a direct communication link is setup, flows can be setup over the direct communication link with the DSA
transactions as specified in section 17.3.2.5. When a flow is assigned over a direct communication link, the
sender and receiver shall monitor on direct communication related STIDs within the MAP and transmit/receive
over the allocated resources.
There are a few steps to setup a direct communication link between two HR-MS. The first step is that the
two HR-MS need to do a channel measurement. After the channel measurement, the two HR-MSs shall
report the measurement results to the HR-BS and HR-BS shall make a decision whether it will setup a
direct communication link between the two HR-MSs. If HR-BS decides to setup a direct communication
link, it shall assign a STID to the target link. After that, it may help the two sides setup a security
association between the two HR-MSs. Once a security association is setup, then the communication link is
considered being established between the two HR-MSs and service flows can be carried on the link.
Figure 2 shows the procedure.
HR-BS may take a few steps to setup a direct communication link between two HR-MS.
Firstly, the HR-BS shall schedule the two HR-MSs do a channel measurement with the method specified in
section 17.3.2.3. The HR-MSs reports the channel measurement results to the HR-BS after the measurement.
If HR-BS decides to setup a direct communication link, it shall assign STIDs to the direct communication link
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and send CIDs to the two HR-MSs using DC-LINK-CREATION-REQ messages. The HR-MSs shall sends back
AAI-DC-LINK-CREATION-ACK for confirmation.
After receiving AAI-DC-LINK-CREATION-ACK from both HR-MSs, the HR-BS may help the two HR-MSs
establish a security association over the direct communication link if security is required. The setup of security
association over direct communication link is specified in section 17.3.10.
Once a security association is setup, then the communication link is considered being established between the
two HR-MSs. The HR-MSs shall find the existing flows between the two HR-MSs and move the existing flows
by setting up new flows over the direct communication link with DSA method specified in section 17.3.2.5.
Figure 902 shows the procedure to setup a direct communication link between HR-MSs.
When HR-MS want to delete the direct communication link, it shall send AAI-DC-LINK-DELETE-REQ to the
two HR-MSs involved.
Start
Start the process of setting up
direct communication link
Schedule channel measurement between source and
destination HR-MS (using ranging code) and process the
channel measurement report from HR-MSs after receiving
the measurement report
Should Direct
Communication link be
setup?
No
Yes
Create direct communication link
Setup Security Association
Move the existing flow to DC link
with AAI-DSC transaction
Finish
Figure 2—The overall procedure to setup direct communication
17.3.2.4.1 Direct Communication Link Management
17.3.2.4.1.1 Direct Communication Link Creation
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When HR-BS creates direct communication link between two HR-MSs. It shall send link creation message to
both source and destination HR-MSs. Direct communication link creation can only be initiated by the HR-BS.
Table 7—Direct Communication Link Creation Request
Syntax
AAI-DC-LINK-CREATE-REQ () {
FID
Type
STID of source/destination HR-MS
STID for transmitting
STID for receiving
}
Size
(bit)
Notes
4
5
12
12
12
—
STID assigned to DC link
STID assigned to DC link
STID for transmitting
The STID is used by the HR-MS for transmitting. The peer HR-MS of the DC-link shall receive on the
resource scheduled with this STID.
STID for receiving
The HR-MS shall receive on the resource assigned to this STID since it is assigned to the peer HR-MS on
the DC-Link for transmission.
The HR-MSs shall send back a response once they receive the direct communication link creation request.
Table 8—Direct Communication Link Creation Response
Syntax
AAI-DC-LINK-CREATE-ACK () {
FID
Type
STID for transmitting
Confirmation Code
Reserved
Size
(bit)
Notes
4
5
12
1
—
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STID assigned to DC link
0x00: accept
0x01: reject
0x02 – 0x0f: reserved
—
}
Once the HR-BS receives responses from both HR-MSs, it can continue on other steps of direct communication
setup.
17.3.2.4.1.2 Direct Communication Link Deletion
When HR-BS wants remove a direct communication link, it shall send deletion request to both HR-MS and wait
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for responses from the HR-MSs.
Table 9—Direct Communication Deletion Request
Syntax
Size Notes
(bit)
AAI-DC-LINK-DEL () {
FID
4
—
Type
5
STID for transmitting
12
STID assigned to DC link
}
The HR-MS shall reply with reasons to HR-BS when it receives the link deletion request from HR-BS.
Table 10—Direct Communication Deletion Response
Syntax
AAI-DC-LINK-DEL-ACK () {
FID
Type
STID for transmitting
Confirmation Code
Reserved
Size
(bit)
Notes
4
5
12
41
—
47
STID assigned to DC link
0x00: accept
0x01: reject
0x02 – 0x0f: reserved
—
}
17.3.2.4.1.3 Direct Communication Link Report
HR-BS may require the HR-MS report the status of the direct communication link by sending a request to the
relative HR-MS.
Table 11—Direct Communication Link Report Request
Syntax
AAI-DC-LINK-REPORT-REQ () {
FID
Type
STID for transmittting
}
Size
(bit)
Notes
8
5
12
—
STID assigned to DC link
HR-MS shall send back report regarding the direct communication link when it receives a link report request
from HR-BS.
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Table 12—Direct Communication Link Report
Syntax
AAI-DC-LINK-REPORT-REQ () {
FID
Type
STID for transmitting
Link state
reserved
Size
(bit)
Notes
4
5
12
31
—
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STID assigned to DC link
0x00: active
0x01: no link found
0x02 – 0x07: reserved
—
}
{Remedy 2: Modify Table 849 in 16.3.5.5.2.4 as indicated}
CRC Mask
A 16-bit CRC is generated based on the randomized contents of assignment A-MAP IE and is masked by 16-bit
CRC mask using the bitwise XOR operation.
The 16-bit masked CRC is constructed using a 1 bit masking prefix, a 3 bit message type indicator, and 12 bit
Masking Code as described in Table 849.
Table 849 – Description of CRC Mask
Masking Prefix (1 bit
MSB)
0b0
Remaining 15 bit LSBs
Type Indicator
0b000
0b001
0b010
0b011
0b1
Masking Code
12 bit STID or TSTID
Refer to Table 850
Refer to Table 851
12 bit STID for direct
communications
15 bit RA-ID: The RA-ID is derived from the AMS' random
access attributes
(i.e., superframe number (LSB 5bits), frame_index (2 bits),
preamble code index
for ranging or BR (6 bits) and opportunity index for ranging or
BR (2 bits)) as
defined below:
RA-ID = (LSB 5bits of superframe number | frame_index |
preamble_code_index | opportunity_index)
{Remedy 3: Insert the following new section into 17.2.2}
17.2.2.x.y Support for direct multicast operation
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Two-way direct multicast among a group of HR-MS is supported through the following addressing mechanism:
- The base station assigns a 16-bit CID to each HR-MS of a two-way direct communications group. The
CIDs assigned to different HR-MSs belonging to the same group can be the same or different;
-
The base station can also specify one primary management CID for itself to multicast to all HR-MSs
belonging to a particular two-way direct communication group;
-
The base station informs all members of each two-way direct communication group of all the CIDs that
have been assigned to the members of the group; including the CID reserved by the base station, if such
a CID is reserved.
-
For each DL-MAP Information Element, or UL-MAP Information Element, the base station specified
the CID of the allocated HR-MS.
{Remedy 4: Insert the following new section into 17.3.2}
17.3.2.x.y Support for direct multicast operation
Two-way direct multicast among a group of HR-MS is supported through the following addressing mechanism:
- The base station assigns a 12-bit Two-Way Direct Multicast (TWDM) address to each HR-MS of a twoway direct communication group; each assigned TWDM address includes two non-overlapping fields,
i.e., Two-way Group Identifier (TGID) and Two-way Transmitter Identifier (TTID). All HR-MSs
belonging to the same two-way direct communication group share the same TGID. The TTID of the HRMSs belonging to the same group can be the same or different.
-
For each two-way direct communication group, the base station can reserve one value of TTID for itself.
The base station uses the reserved TTID to transmit data/control messages to the HR-MS belonging to
the two-way direct communication group;
-
The base station informs all members of each two-way direct communication group of all the values of
TTIDs that have been assigned to the member of the group; including the TTID reserved by the base
station, if such a TTID is reserved.
-
For each broadcasted Assignment A-MAP IE, the base station employs the CRC mask corresponding to
Type Indicator = 0b011, as specified in Table 849. The 12 bit TWDM of the transmitting station is used
in the place of STID.
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References
[1] IEEE 802.16n-10/0048, “802.16n System Requirements Document including SARM annex”, January 2011.
[2] IEEE 802.16n-10/0049, “802.16n Table of Contents for Amendment Working Draft”, January 2011.
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